Original description as Astatotilapia roberti:
ZooBank:C16E1578-6C2B-4F92-9A66-CB51CE2A6D16.
- Pellegrin, Jacques. 1913. "Diagnoses préliminaires de Cichlidés nouveaux du lac Victoria receuillis par MM. Alluaud et Jeannel". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. v. 37: pp. 311-314 (crc01430)
Conservation: Astatotilapia roberti is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.